Railway-tie.



P. CLIFFORD.

RAILWAY TIE.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. 16, 1913.

1,087,923. Patented Feb. 24, 1914.

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FREMONT CLIFFORD, OF CONNERSVILLE, INDIANA.

RAILWAY-TIE.

Specification of iLetters Patent.

Patented Feb. 24, 1914.

Application filed April 16. 1913. Serial No. 761,492.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FREMONT CLIFFORD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Connersville, Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Railway-Ties, of'which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to railway ties of the class formed of metal, and the objects of my improvement are to provide a tie with di vergently flanged sides; to provide a pivoted shoe for detachably engaging with the rail; to provide a plurality of means for securing the shoe in engaged position; to provide a removable shock absorber for supporting the rail upon the tie, and to provide simple and durable construction and assemblage of the different members for securing facility of operation and efficiency of action. These objects may be attained in the following described manner as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a plan with parts broken away of a railway tie embodying my improvements; Fig. 2 a longitudinal section on the line a-a of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 a transverse section on the line 6-7) of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 an isometrical view of the rail shoe pivotally secured on the tie.

In the drawings, 1 represents the tie which consists preferably of plate metal formed with divergent flanges 2- on its respective edges, with an upturned stop 3 near each of its ends and with openings 4 through its side walls or flanges. The reversible shoe 5 consisting preferably of plate metal is formed on opposite edges and near its respective ends with upturned lugs 6 which terminate in lips 7 for detachably engaging with the opposite edge portions of the base 8 of the rails 9. Said shoe is also formed with stops 11 on its opposite edges in longit-udinal registration with the respective lugs 6 and which terminate below a plane with the bottom of the rails.

Depending brackets 12 formed on opposite edges and near the respective ends of the shoe terminate in inwardly turned toes 13 for detachably engaging with the corresponding openings 4 in the walls of the tie. Said shoe 5 is formed with transverse slots 15 for movably engaging with the clamping bolts 16 which are inserted therethrough and through the openings 17 formed through the face of the tie. Rivets 18 inserted through the face of the tie near its opposite ends and through the centers of the respective shoes 5 serve to pivotally secure said shoes on the tie and at the proper distance apart to correspond with thc gage of the track rails 9. Metal plates 19 placed beneath the top wall of the tie serve to strengthen and reinforce said top wall under the respective shoes. A block 20 preferably of hard wood and faced with a metal plate 21 is inserted longitudinally between the lugs 6 and the corresponding stops 11 for supporting the rail on the shoe, serves also for a shock absorber. Spikes 22 serve to secure the plate 21 on the block and by projecting outwardly into engagement with the edges of the rail base 8 serve also for preventing the shoe from turning on its pivot in relation to the tie. A rectangular piece 23 preferably of wood may be driven snugly between the adjacent end of the shoe and the stop 3 for supplementing the clamping bolt 16 in securing said shoe on the tie with the lips 7 of the lugs 6 in proper clamping engagement with the base of the rail. If desirable the channel under the tie between its divergent side walls may be filled with cement to add to its rigidity.

In operation, the shoes with the blocks 20 therein may be turned at an angle on the tie and the rail lowered between the ends of the lips on the lugs 6. The shoes may then be turned longitudinally parallel with the tie to properly engage said lips with the base of the rail and to simultaneously engage the toes 13 with the corresponding openings 4. The clamping bolts 16 may now be tightened. the pieces 23 inserted in place and the spikes 22 driven into the block 20, which together form a plurality of cooperating and independent means for maintaining the shoes in proper engagement with the rails. The engagement of the toes 13 with the corresponding openings in the side walls of the tie supplement the foregoing means for preventing the shoe from being lifted at its inside end by any outward pressure of the wheel flanges on the rail.

Having fully described my improvement, what I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. The combination with a metal tie formed with an opening in its side wall and also with a projecting stop on its surface, of a metal shoe pivotally secured thereon and formed with means for detachably engaging with said opening and also with lips for detachably engaging with a track rail, and a member removably secured between the shoe and stop for locking the shoe with the lips in engagement with the rail.

2. The combination with a metal tie formed with a stop, of a reversible metal shoe pivotally secured thereon and formed with lugs for detachably engaging with a track rail and also with stops terminating below the plane of the base of the rail for cooperating with said lugs in maintaining a removable shock absorber in predetermined position on the shoe for supporting the rail, and a plurality of separate means for looking the shoe with '"the lugs thereon in engagement with the rail.

The combination with a metal tie formed with an opening in its side wall, and with a projecting stop on its surface, of a metal shoe pivotally secured thereon and formed with means for detachably engaging with a track rail and also with a depending lug terminating in a toe adapted-4o engage with said opening, and a plurality of separate means for maintaining said shoe in predetermined position on the tie.

4. A new article of manufacture consist ing of a metal rail shoe formed with a flat base having a central opening and with upturned lugs on its opposite edges near its respective ends for engaging with the base of a rail, and also formed with stops on its opposite edges in longitudinal registration with the respective lugs for cooperating with said lugs in maintaining a shock absorber in proper lateral position on the base.

FREMONT CLIFFORD.

Witnesses GEO. T. MoFFETT, HULDAH PEPPER.

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